Here is another Marsalis. Those who have been following our Music Friday have seen Wynton with Ellis, then Branford, in the past two weeks. Now we present the drummer of the family: Jason. His website has some good background information about him and some good tunes, although no videos.

By the way, the point I am making with these Marsalis Fridays is that the Marsalis Family is the First Family of American Jazz — which by historical necessity must come from New Orleans. Could there be another one next week? Can anyone say Delfeayo?

Jason plays with one of the hottest and most popular bands in New Orleans: Los Hombres Calientes. Unfortunately, the web — the all-encompassing web — has no videos of the band (except some for sale). C’mon guys, get some self-promotion going. When one does a Google search of “hombres calientes videos,” one gets a lot of options that have no connection to music in any way. When one does a YouTube search, one gets some unexpected stuff like this.

I apologize.

On a more musical note, Jason also plays with the Marcus Roberts Trio. Behind the cut, Mr. Roberts plays piano, Jason drums, in this version of "I Got Rhythm." Those observers in the back, so unnecessary to the tune, are the Berlin Philharmonic. New Orleans musicians continue to leap far beyond our borders – ambassadors for the best of American culture.